Pistol stabilizer



y 1965 w. s. ANDREWS 3,184,877

PISTOL STABILIZER Filed May 28, 1964 35 FIGZ INVE/VTDR' WILLIAM G. ANDREWS ATTOR/VE' Y5 United States Patent 3,184,377 PISTOL STABILHZER William G. Andrews, 504 Athania Parkway, Metairie, La. Filed May 28, 1964, Ser. No. 371,033 4 Claims. (Cl. 42-72) This invention relates to hand-held firearms and more particularly comprises a new and improved stabilizing device for pistols.

One important object of this invention is to provide a stabilizing device for a pistol which locks the wrist against both vertical and horizontal movement. When a pistol is being aimed the shooter will find that he is much better able to hold the gun on the mark when using this stabilizing bracket and that it reduces the amount of jump when the gun is fired. The stabilizer of the present invention is designed to afford this type of wrist stabilization.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a stabilizing device which may be incorporated into any type of pistol whether it be of the automatic or single shot type of firearm.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a stabilizer for firearms which is inexpensive to manufacture and which may be added as an attachment to existing firearms.

The pistol stabilizer of this invention is incorporated into the hand grip of the weapon. As an important feature of the invention an arm extends rearwardly from the bottom of the grip, and when the grip is held in the hand, the arm extends rearwardly along the side of the hand and the front of the wrist. At its rear end the arm carries a stabilizing hook which extends across the front of the region of the forearm and wrist junction and over the upper side of that region to the back. The hook provides primary stabilizing support against the upper side of that region and particularly resists the upward motion or kick of the gun as the gun is fired.

These and other objects and features of this invention, along with its incident advantages, will be better understood and appreciated from the following detailed description of one embodiment thereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a pistol constructed in accordance with this invention held in the hand in position for firing;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pistol shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a side view of a portion of the pistol shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The pistol shown in the drawing includes a barrel and a grip or butt 12. The invention resides in the form of the butt and is not dependent upon the particular type of hand-held firearm. That is, the invention applies to any type of hand-held firearm whether it be automatic or single shot and regardless of the calibre of the weapon.

The butt 12 in the model shown includes a grip l4 and a stabilizing device 16. In FIG. 2 the grip 14 is shown to include a frame member 18 which normally is part of the forging of the gun. The frame on one side carries a conventional grip plate 20 and on the other side a special grip plate 22 that embodies the present invention. The plates 20 and 22 are secured in place on the frame 13 by suitable fasteners which will not interfere with any mechanism in the gun butt. The plates 20 and 22 are contoured to provide a comfortable grip for the hand, and the plate 22 includes a thumb rest 24 for added comfort and better control over the weapon. The thumb rest 24 does not form part of the present invention as they have been in use for a long period of time.

Extending rearwardly from the bottom of the plate 22 3,184,877 Patented May 25, 1965 and generally confined to the plane of the plate is an arm 26 disposed generally parallel to the barrel 10 of the weapon. The arm 26 may extend rearwardly approximately four inches from the rear edge 28 of the plate 22 and, as is shown in FIG. 1, extends along the lower side of the hand and the lower side of the front of the wrist to the region where the wrist and forearm join one another.

The stabilizer 16 includes, as an addition to the arm 26, a hook-like member 30 that extends upwardly from the upper edge 32 of the arm and at its top 34 turns through an arc of approximately one hundred and eighty degrees. The hook-like member 30 may extend approximately three inches above the upper edge 32 of the arm, and the radius of the arcuate upper portion 34 may be approximately two and one half inches measured to the inner surface.

In the preferred embodiment of this invention shown in the drawing the plate 22, arm 26 and hook-like member 30 are integrally formed, and when secured to the frame 18 of the butt, are substantially immovable with respect to the other parts of the weapon. The plate 22, arm 26 and hook-like member 30 may be made of any material possessing suflicient strength to withstand the shocks to which those parts are normally subjected during use.

The benefits of the stabilizing device 16 may best be demonstrated with reference to FIG. 1. In that figure the weapon is shown held in the right hand for firing, and the arm 26 of the stabilizing device extends over and is substantially in contact with the lower side of the front face of the wrist. The exact point of termination of the arm 26 is determined by the size of the hand and wrist of the person holding the weapon, but it is located at the region where the wrist and forearm join one another. The effectiveness of the device is not dependent upon the precise location where the hook engages the wrist or forearm. The hook-like member 30 extends upwardly from the upper edge 32 of the arm and firmly grasps the wrist, and the arcuate portion 34 extends over the upper side of the region of the forearm and wrist junction. The areaate portion 34 of the hook-like member describes an arc of sushtantially one hundred and eighty degrees, and the end 36 of the arcuate portion 34 terminates against the rear side of the engaged region. Because the stabilizing device engages the wrist-forearm region of the user in this manner, the users wrist is substantially locked in the correct firing position shown in FIG. 1. The hooklike member 34 prevents the user from tilting his wrist upwardly to turn the weapon in a clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 1. The arm 26 extending across the front of the wrist prevents the wrist from bending either in a forward or rearward direction. The control exerted by the stabilizing device continues during firing, and, therefore, it resists the upwardly kick of the Weapon.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that numerous modifications may be made of this invention without departing from its spirit. Therefore, it is not intended to limit the breadth of this invention to the single embodiment illustrated and described. Rather, it is intended that the breadth of his invention be determined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:

l. A pistol comprising a barrel,

a frame,

a hand grip extending downwardly from the barrel and secured to said frame,

an integral arm extending rearwardly from the bottom of the grip away from the barrel and disposed substantially parallel to the barrel,

said arm being confined generally to the plane of one side of the grip away from the direction of the palm when the grip is held in the hand,

and a stabilizing hook integral with the rear of the arm for extending over the wrist-forearm region of the hand engaging the grip for resisting upward tilt of the pistol in the hand of the user.

2. In a pistol as defined in claim 1,

said hook extending upwardly from the arm and turning at the top through an arc of substantially 180 degrees.

3. In a pistol,

a hand grip having a frame and a pair of side grip plates,

an arm extending rearwardly from one of the grip plates of the grip and confined substantially to the plane of that side grip plate,

said arm adapted to extend in front of the side of the hand when the grip is engaged by the user and terminating at its rearward end in the region of the wrist and forearm of that hand,

and a stabilizing hook secured to the rear end of the arm and extending upwardly in front of and lying against the region of the wrist and forearm and having an arcuate portion that extends over and engages the upper side of the region of the wrist and forearm and extends downwardly against the back of that region of the wrist and forearm.

4. In a pistol as defined in claim 3,

said arm and hook being integral with said one of the grip plates.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,027,556 5/ 12 Marshall 42-72 1,340,127 5/20 Welch. 2,320,450 6/43 Valenzuela 42-71 BENJAMIN A. BORCHELT, Primary Examiner. 

1. A PISTOL COMPRISING A BARREL, A FRAME, A HAND GRIP EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BARREL AND SECURED TO SAID FRAME, AN INTEGRAL ARM EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GRIP AWAY FROM THE BARREL AND DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE BARREL, SAID ARM BEING CONFINED GENERALLY TO THE PLANE OF ONE SIDE OF THE GRIP AWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE PALM WHEN THE GRIP IS HELD IN THE HAND, AND A STABILIZING HOOK INTEGRAL WITH THE REAR OF THE ARM FOR EXTENDING OVER THE WRIST-FOREARM REGION OF THE HAND ENGAGING THE GRIP FOR RESISTING UPWARD TILT OF THE PISTOL IN THE HAND OF THE USER. 